2014年10月1日 星期三

2014-10-02 Australia Business

  Sydney Morning Herald   
RBA eyes limits on housing investment, but coy on details at Senate hearing  Sydney Morning Herald
New regulations to curb some of the investor froth in the housing market look set to be introduced before the end of the year. But RBA assistant governor Malcolm Edey has stressed to a Senate committee that Australia's financial regulators are not trying to kill ...

RBA May Consider Broader Home Lending Curbs Beyond Investors   Bloomberg
Australia regulators set to tighten home lending standards   Reuters
RBA urges Increased housing supply   The Australian
Business Spectator   
Yahoo!7 News   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
ACCC clears Expedia takeover of Wotif  Sydney Morning Herald
The competition watchdog has cleared the way for Expedia to complete its $703 million takeover of online travel company Wotif.com despite concerns the enlarged company will charge hotels higher commissions. Following the regulator's decision on ...

Small businesses screwed over by “short-sighted” approval of Expedia takeover ...   SmartCompany.com.au
ACCC green lights Expedia's Wotif takeover   ABC Online
Wotif shareholders dodge a bullet   The Australian
ninemsn   
Travel Weekly   
Travel Trends   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Trade deficit narrows in August  Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's trade deficit continued to narrow in August, as the value of exports fell less than those of imports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday that, in seasonally adjusted terms, the difference between exports and imports narrowed by $288 ...

Australia home-building permits up most since May   MarketWatch
Trade balance in deficit in August   The Daily Telegraph

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  The Australian   
Virgin on track to sell stake in Velocity  The Australian
VIRGIN Australia is on track to complete the sale of a 35 per cent stake in its Velocity frequent flyer program by the end of the month after receiving Foreign Investment Review Board approval for the transaction. The airline today welcomed the FIRB's ...

Virgin gets green light for Velocity sale   Finance News Network
Virgin cleared to sell Velocity stake   Travel Weekly
Virgin Australia gets FIRB nod for part sale in frequent flyer program   Reuters

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Markets Live: ASX can't dodge sell-off  Sydney Morning Herald
1:21pm: Titan Energy Services' profit warning got Shaw Stockbroking out of the blocks quickly, warning clients of its concerns for the outlook as it reviews its 'hold' call on the shares. Earlier, Titan said it expects a year to June pretax profit of $10-12 million ...

Markets Live: Global sell-off   WA today

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  ABC Online   
Average age of first home buyer rises into the 30s  ABC Online
Research shows the high cost of housing is driving up the average age of first home buyers. A report by website, realestateview.com.au says more than 60 per cent of first home buyers are now married and having children before they can afford to buy their ...

The ageing Australian dream: First home buyers are getting older with most now ...   Daily Mail
First home buyers throw in the towel   Broker News Australia
First-home buyers quit the market   Perth Now
Brisbane Times   
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  SBS   
AGL Energy welcomes coal seam gas report  WA today
AGL Energy Limited (ASX:AGK) welcomes a report on coal seam gas from the New South Wales Chief Scientist and Engineer. 02/10/14. ANZ Banking Group (ASX:ANZ) is among the first international banks to score. Up next... ANZ scores preliminary ...

CSIRO: south-west has no coal-seam fracking   Warrnambool Standard
Call for stricter controls over NSW fracking   SBS

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  Perth Now   
'Profits before people' as Westpac cuts 70 WA jobs  Perth Now
The Gateway centre in Queensland will be the hardest hit with 159 jobs to go while 72 positions at the West Coast centre in WA will be made redundant. But Westpac said it would try to redeploy affected workers within their home state where possible.
Jobs on the line as Westpac centres close   Courier Mail
Westpac to cut hundreds of call centre jobs in Qld, WA   ABC Online
Westpac to close call centres in Brisbane and Perth   The Age

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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Investors tapped for $1b in new REITs  Sydney Morning Herald
Investors in real estate investment trusts have been tapped for as much as $1 billion in the past month by a series of new vehicles, in defiance of the recent volatility in the sharemarket. Of the three funds, two are listed and all have properties spanning the ...

Quattro RE to list $431m property trust   Business Spectator
Office funds to fuel GPT's growth   The Australian
GPT Metro Office Fund set for ASX listing   Brisbane Times
Finance News Network   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Australian dollar to fall below US75¢, says fund manager  Sydney Morning Herald
Even after losing more than 7 per cent of its value over the past month Australia's currency is still over-valued against the United States dollar, with the exchange rate set to drop below US75¢. That's the opinion of Thomas Clarke, a portfolio manager and asset ...

Aussie's steep fall a relief, but it's not enough to spark recovery   THE BUSINESS TIMES (subscription)
Australian dollar hits eight-month low as economic data prompts sell-off   Brisbane Times

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